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NEW DISTRICT GRANTS COMMITTEE MEMBER REQUIRED
The D9620 District Grants Committee currently has a vacancy for an additional member.
As part of the Grants Committee, you will have the opportunity to review and hopefully support applications for a wide range of amazing and very worthwhile projects submitted by Clubs across our District.
As a new Committee member, you will be required to:
1. Be available during May/June/July which is a pretty intense time for the Committee with the finalisation of existing grants as well as the review of new applications.  Committee input for the August - April period is fairly minimal with only project monitoring required.
2. Complete the online Grant Management Seminar to see what we are asking the Club project contact member and treasurer to complete for project qualification. You will also be required to become familiar with the District Grant information on the D9620 website.
3. Act as Club liaison for up to 6 Clubs.
4. Be available for Zoom meetings particularly during the current grants finalisation / new application assessment period.
6. Provide timely responses to District Grant communications.
7. Nominate any time constraints that may have an impact on Committee input.
Please contact District Grants Committee Chairman David Kearney (d9620districtgrants@gmail.com 0419700647) if you would like more information about Committee responsibilities or would like to join the Grants Committee Team.
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The GIST and How to Get your Article in it
Welcome to the Gist! Rather than send multiple messages per week to club officers in the hope that they will channel your interests and pass on what is important to you, we will be sending one digest email per week using the Clubrunner platform which lists new things in the top section, and reminders of old news in the bottom section. That way, you only need to scan the top half of one email per week to get the Gist, and everyone gets the Gist!
 
This e-bulletin is published by your District Administrator and Webmaster to let Rotarians and any other subscribers know about what is happening in the district. The GIST is for time-sensitive brief stories sponsored by the District, a Rotary club, or a Rotary RAG or Fellowship.
 
  • District Announcements
  • Club event announcements
  • RAG and Fellowship event announcements
Event notices will run once only in the "Breaking News" section, and events will continue to be published down below in the "Event Reminders" section until the event has passed.
 
Articles that report on past events and projects, anything of enduring significance, and anything else that does not fit the GIST publishing guidelines should be sent to the District Newsletter editor at newsletter@rotary9620.org.

How to get an Event in the Calendar

To get an event in the Calendar, please send the following information to gist@rotary9620.org:
  • Mandatory: The text that you would like to appear in the calendar entry. Should include a teaser as to why someone would like to attend the event, ticket prices, etc etc. The text cannot include potentially sensitive information like email addresses, phone numbers and bank account details. If you wish to communicate these, put them in an image or PDF file that can be linked as a download document.
  • Mandatory:  Date, Time, Location. Please include the postcode in the location as this is needed to generate the location map. (Or the event could be online of course.)
  • Mandatory: Name of a Rotarian in the district who is the primary contact for the event.
  • Strongly recommended: An image to go in the calendar entry detail page. Landscape format works best.
  • Optional: Documents about the event like event flyers, etc etc. Max size: 5MB
  • Optional: Links that might be useful like bookings links, the home page of the charity you are supporting, etc.

How to get an event notice in the GIST

The GIST is published on Sunday. The deadline to get an event notice in every Sunday's GIST is midnight Friday. Requests coming in after Saturday morning will be handled on a "best effort" basis. To get an event entry in the GIST, please do the following:
  • Mandatory: Get the event in the Calendar (see above)
  • Mandatory: An image in square or landscape format to be the article. If you send an image that is in portrait format, it will be cropped to square according to the GIST editor's judgement. It's OK to send a PDF Flyer - the editor will just do a screenshot and use that.
  • Optional: SHORT explanatory text which will go under the image. 200 words max. Long explanations should go in the calendar entry.

Please send event info to:  gist@rotary9620.org

 
We are always interested in hearing your feedback and suggestions on this.
 
Maggie Kuok (District Administrator)
Roger Klaassen (District Webmaster)
Upcoming Events
Rotary Leadership Institute 2025-1 Day 2
Ellerton Drive
Sep 14, 2025 8:30 am - 3:00 pm E. Australia Standard Time (UTC+10:00)
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Sep 18, 2025
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
Rotary Club Toowoomba East Outback Getaway 25
Sep 20, 2025 – Sep 26, 2025
 
ROTARY CLUB OF TOOWONG TRIVIA NIGHT
St Andrews Anglican Church
Sep 20, 2025
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
 
Secret Bridesmaids Business: Incinerator Theatre
Incinerator Theatre
Oct 02, 2025 7:30 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Oct 16, 2025
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District DLT meeting
Bostock House
Oct 17, 2025
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Nov 20, 2025
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District AGM
Bostock House
Nov 23, 2025 9:00 am
 
District Board & DLT Half Yearly Review
Dec 13, 2025
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Jan 15, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Feb 19, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District DLT meeting
Bostock House
Feb 20, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Mar 19, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Apr 16, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District DLT meeting
Bostock House
Apr 17, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
Rotary Combined District Conference 2026
Ross Street
May 01, 2026 12:00 pm - May 03, 2026 2:00 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
May 21, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Jun 18, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District DLT meeting
Bostock House
Jun 19, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
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